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Collection/Record Group:
, Clinton Presidential Records
Subgroup/Office of Origin:
Speechwriting
Series/Staff Member:
Terry Edmonds
Subseries:
10980
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Folder Title:
Bald Eagle Speech 1/26/96
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Thank you.
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Marlene A. MacDonald
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26-Jun-1996 04:00pm
TO:
(See Below)
FROM:
Mary H. Morrison
Scheduling and Advance
SUBJECT:
eagle meeting
The Eagle Meeting will be in Don and Vicki's office on Friday at 1:00pm
thanks
Distribution:
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TO:
TO:
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James T. Edmonds
Julia Moffett
Annette P. Lewis
Cheryl D. Mills
Patrick M. Steel
Eric Eve
Brian J. Johnson
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26-Jun-1996 03:55pm
TO:
(See Below)
FROM:
Mary H. Morrison
Scheduling and Advance
SUBJECT:
mtg
We would like to set up a meeting to discuss the Eagle! Event in Maryland. We
would like to do it at 1:00PM Friday June 28th. If you have a problem with this
date please let me know, and we can change the time.
Is~ue~
to be resolved in this meeting are:
1.
Tone of the event.
2.
Set up of event.
Political vs. Official
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James T. Edmonds
Julia Moffett
Annette P. Lewis
Cheryl D. Mills
Patrick M. Steel
Eric Eve
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Anne Hawley
�0~/26/96
14100 2
WED 11:54 FAX
BALD EAGLE SYMBOLIZES 25 YEARS OF ENVIRON:MENTAL PROGRESS
President Clinton blocks Republican efforts to roll back a ge11terati01a of standards
June 26, 1996
"Twenty-five years ago and more, we once had a river catch on fire. Lead
was released into the air without a second thought. Our national bird was
on the verge of extinction. Today . .. our children aren!t dying from lead
poisoning, and the Bald Eagle :'ioar.s again. "
President Clinton, Earth Day 199:5
The bald eagle, America's national symbol. is a living reminder of our national
commitment to protecting the environment. The need to protect our· families' health and
defend our natural heritage is part of our shared American culture. a. core value for us all.
And for 25 years, environmental safeguards have been a great success.
But Republican leaders now seek to roll back a generation of environmental
stand;:rrds. They introduced several hills to repeal essential parts of the Endangered Species
Act, which Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole have each criticized in recent weeks. They
promoted three cross-cutting bills to weaken every kind of health. safety and envirorunental
law -- including the Endangered Species Act and pollution controls that have provided for
the bald eagles recovery. The third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives
even declared that DDT is "not harmful." President Clinton stood finn and blocked
Republican attempts to roll back environmental laws.
•
President Clinton vetoed the Republican budget, which would have weakened
environmental safeguards across the board, and imposed a moratorium on new
endangered species actions. President Clinton waived that m.oratorium with the
budget agreement.
•
President Clinton vetoed a variation of the regulatory "refom1" bill sponsored by
Senators Dole, Grassley and Hatch with the debt ceiling. The Dole bill was an
environmental rollback disguised as reform. As the New Yo,·k Times wrote, "Under
the guise of making regulators conscious of costs, the bill would gut the ability of
Federal agencies to promulgate new health, safety or environmental rules. good or
bad." ["Mr. Dole"s Assault on Regulations." 5/1/95.] The LA Times called it an "extreme" bill "puts
public health and safety at risk." [source: 'Regulatory Reform, OK· but lhe' Meat A1t?" U Tfmes. 7/13/9.5.]
•
President Clinton vowed to veto the "takings" bill sponsorecl by Senators Dole, Hatch
and Gramm that would weaken all environmental safeguards by requiring taxpayers to
pay polluters not to pollute and wealthy landlords not to destroy valuable natural
habitat. The bill especially targets the Endangered Species Ac~t. Senator Dole
maintains that he only wants to enforce the ESA "more sensibly" £CNN6Jl9196J, but in
fact, the ''underlying goal is making environmental laws such as the Endangered
Species Act . . . too expensive to enforce at all." ["Taking the Public lntereSL.. Orf!gonian. 1/3/96.}
�'
06/26/96
WED 11:55 FAX
THE STORY OF THE BALD EAGLE
•
The American bald eagle, the national symbol that virtually disappeared from the
•
The decline of the bald eagle was caused primarily by the pesticide DDT and
continental United States just 25 years ago, is back from the brink.
destruction of its habitat.
•
When Europeans first arrived on the North American contine:nt, there were an
estimated one-quarter to one-half million bald eagles. Hunting and loss of habitat
caused the population to decline dramatically as early as the mid-1800s.
In 1940, Congress passed the Bald Eagle Protection Act, which prohibited killing or
selling of bald eagles. This was the first major attempt at the type of conservation
later embodied in the ESA, and it gave the eagles a temporaJry reprieve.
After World War II, widespread use of DDT and similar ch(~m.icals to control
mosquitos and other pests along coastal areas proved extremely damaging to bald
eagles. DDT is persistent ~- that is, it accumulates in animal fat and is carried up the
food chain. Eagles and other predators ingested it in concer.ttrated quantities, largely
through contaminated fish. It causes reproductive problems, specifically by thinning
egg shells.
•
In 1967, the Secretary of the Interior listed the bald eagle ru;: endangered under a
precursor statute to the Endangered Species Act. At that time, there were only about
400 nesting pairs of bald eagles in the continental U.S.
Congress passed the Endangered Species Act by a virtually unanimous vote
and President Nixon :signed it, saying, wildlife "forms a vitLl part of the heritage we
all share as Americans." [source: Prc.!lidentJ.a.l Papers.) In 1974, EPA banned DDT. The two
actions -- the first protecting eagle habitat and promoting eagle reintroduction into
previously inhabited areas, and the second removing the main contaminant-- brought
the eagle back.
•
In 1973,
•
Since the late 1970s, bald eagle populations have been doubling every six to seven
years. Now, there are more than 4,000 nesting pairs. On the Fourth of July, 1994,
Imerior Secretary Babbitt proposed taking the bald eagle off the endangered list.
•
Today, however, all of the environmenral laws that bave brought the bald eagle back - and brought Lake Erie back, and reduced children's bloo<l levels of lead by 70
percent-- are under attack by Republican leaders. Only President Clinton's veto pen
has kept environmental laws in place.
�141002
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BALD EAGLE SYMBOLIZES 25 YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS
President Clinton blocks Republican efforts to roll back a generation of .standards
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June 26, 1996
"Twenty-five years ago and more, we once had a river catch on fire. Lead
was released into the air without a second thought. Our national bird was
on the verge of extinction. Today ... our children ciren 't O.'ying from lead
poisoning, and the Bald Eagle soars again. "
President Clinton, Earth Day 1995
The bald eagle, America's national symbol, is a living retnirtder of our national
commitment to protecting the environment. The need to protect our families' health and
defend our natural heritage is part of our shared American culture. a core value for us all.
And for 25 years, environmental safeguards have been a great success.
But Republican leaders now seek to roll back a generation of environmental
standards. They introduced several bills to repeal essential parts of the Endangered Species
Act, which Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole have each criticized in recent weeks. They
promoted three cross-cutting bills to weaken every kind of health, safety and environmental
law -- including the Endangered Species Act and pollution controls. that have provided for ·
the bald eagles recovery. The third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives
even declared that DDT is "not harmful." President Clinton stood firm and blocked
Republican attempts to roll back environmental laws.
•
President Clinton vetoed the Republican budget, which would have weakened
environmental safeguards across the board, and imposed a moratorium on new
endangered species actions. President Clinton waived that moratorium with the
budget agreement.
•
President Clinton vetoed a variation of the regulatory "reform 11 bill sponsored by
Senators Dole, Grassley and Hatch with the debt ceiling. The Dole bill was an
environmental rollback disguised as reform. As the New York Times wrote, "Under
the guise of making regulators conscious of costs, the bill would gut the ability of
Federal agencies to promulgate new health, safety or environmental rules, good or
bad." ["Mr. Dole's Assault on Regulations." 5ll/95.J The LA Times called it an "extreme" bill "puts
public health and safety at risk." [source: 'lkglllatory Refonn, OK· but lllle Meat Ax?" LA Tfmes. 7/13/95.]
•
President Clinton vowed to veto the "takings" bill sponsorecl by Senators Dole, Hatch
and Gramm that would weaken all environmental safeguards by requiring taxpayers to
pay polluters not to pollute and wealthy landlords. not to destroy valuable natural
habitat. The bill especially targets the Endangered Species Act. Senator Dole
maintains that he only wants to enforce the ESA "more sensibly" £CNN6ti9t96J. but in
fact, the ''underlying goal is making environmental laws such as the Endangered
Species Act ... too expensive to enforce at all. II ["Taking the l'ublic lnttres!.' Oreg~nian, 1/3/96.)
'•
�@003
• ob/26/96
WED 11:55 FAX
THE STORY OF TilE BALD EAGLE
•
The American bald eagle, the national symbol that virtually disappeared from the
continental United States just 25 years ago, is back from the brink.
•
Th.e decline of the bald eagle was caused primarily by the IJ{:sticide DDT and
destruction of its habitat.
•
When Europeans first arrived on the North American continent, there were an
estimated one-quarter to one-half million bald eagles. Hunting and loss of habitat
caused the population to decline dramatically as early as the mid-1800s. ·
•
In 1940, Congress passed the Bald Eagle Protection Act, which prohibited killing or
selling of bald eagles. This was the first major attempt at the type of conservation
later embodied in the ESA, and it gave the eagles a temporary reprieve.
•
After World War II, widespread use of DDT and similar chemicals to control
mosquitos .and other pests along coastal areas proved extremely damaging to bald
eagles. DDT is persistent -- that is, it accumulates in animal fat and is carried up the
food chain. Eagles and other predators ingested it in conce:ntrated quantities, largely
through contaminated fish. It causes reproductive problems, specifically by thinning
egg shells.
•
In 1967, the Secretary of the Interior listed tbe bald eagle as endangered under a
precursor statute to the Endangered Species Act. At that t~me, there were only about
400 nesting pairs of bald eagles in the continental U.S.
•
In 1973, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act by
•
Since the late 1970s, bald eagle populations have been doubling every six to seven
years. Now, there are more than 4,000 nesting pairs. On the Fourth of July. 1994,
Interior Secretary Babbitt proposed taking the bald eagle o1ff the endangered list.
•
Today, however, all of the environmental laws that have brought the bald eagle back - and brought Lake Erie back, and reduced children's blood levels of lead by 70
percent-- are under attack by Republican leaders. Only President Clinton's veto pen
has kept environmental laws in place.
a virtually unanimous vote
and President Nixon signed it, saying, wildlife "forms a vital part of the heritage we
all share as Americans." [5our~e: Prc~il:lentlal Papers.J In 1974, EPA banned DDT. The two
actions -- the first protecting eagle habitat and promoting eagle remtroduction into
previously inhabited areas, and the second removing the main contaminant -- brought
the eagle back.
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